Aug 21, 2015

Seattle Colleges

Wakefield

After 40 years with Seattle Colleges, Chancellor Jill Wakefield said she will retire next June. She was appointed chancellor in 2009 and will be the longest-serving chancellor in the district's history. A subcommittee of the board will lead the search for a new chancellor.

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Lavin

Cairncross & Hempelmann named Sophia Bell Lavin executive director. She has been director of human resources for 15 years, and now will direct all operations, including finance, information technology, facilities and business development. Lavin has has held leadership positions with the Association of Legal Administrators chapter and Seattle Area Legal Recruiting Administrators.

Aug 20, 2015

New president at Associa EMB

Bellevue-based Associa EMB Management named Nicole Washington president. Washington was national training director for a real estate firm in Dallas. Washington has more than 18 years of experience in real estate with an emphasis on apartments, condos and single-family rentals. Associa EMB Management is an affiliate of the Dallas-based housing management company Associa, which has more than 9,000 employees in 170 offices in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

NAIOP offers Point Ruston tour

On Sept. 10, the Washington chapter of NAIOP will offer a tour of Point Ruston, a 97-acre site along the Tacoma-Ruston waterfront that could eventually house up to 3,000 people. Two million square feet of shopping, entertainment and recreation space are planned. The tour begins at 3:30 p.m. at Copperline Apartments, 5005 Ruston Way. For more information, or to register, visit: https://goo.gl/lbLaqo

Candalla new ED for Wesley Homes

Candalla

Alexander Candalla has been named executive director of Wesley Homes Des Moines, a senior housing provider. He will oversee redevelopment of the 45-acre campus. Today it has three apartment buildings, units for independent and assisted living, and a skilled nursing and rehab center. Candalla was executive director of a retirement community in California. Wesley Homes was founded in 1944 and is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Conference of United Methodist Church. Wesley Homes operates a senior housing complex in Auburn and provides home health services.

Lane Powell

Rullman

Chuck P. Rullman has joined Lane Powell as a shareholder in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. Rullman focuses his practice on litigation and dispute resolution, and has experience litigating labor and employment matters, commercial disputes, intellectual property issues, and claims from probate and non-probate proceedings.

KPLU/Jazz24

Blohm

KPLU/Jazz24 hired Parker Miles Blohm as digital media manager to increase its digital media content and provide technical support and maintenance. He worked at the Columbia Missourian as a photographer, reporter and multimedia editor, and also worked at NPR on Tiny Desk Concerts and other video projects.

Aug 19, 2015

Fehr & Peers

Breiland

Fehr & Peers promoted Kendra Breiland to principal. Breiland joined the firm in 2007 and transferred to the Seattle office in 2009, where she has been operations manager and senior transportation planner/project manager. Breiland specializes in comprehensive planning, multi-modal planning, corridor studies, and fee program development.

ALSC Architects

Becker

Kittel

ALSC Architects of Spokane hired Jodi Kittel as a project architect and Tawnya Becker as a document specialist. Kittel was with Spokane Public Schools capital projects and planning. She is working on Urban Outfitters in downtown Spokane. Becker was with Freeman School District, and has attended the Community College of the Air Force. ALSC provides planning and design services.

GHD

Medina

Marcia Medina rejoined GHD's Seattle office as surface water lead. Medina has worked in the firm's San Francisco, Adelaide and Seattle offices. Before that, she was with RoseWater Engineering, which merged with GHD. Medina has over 14 years of experience in stormwater engineering and remediation for roadway and railway projects and commercial, industrial and residential sites. GHD provides engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services.

Parametrix

Moewe

Richard Moewe joined Parametrix as a senior consultant in the Seattle office. For over 35 years, Moewe has led consultant construction services for infrastructure, public facility and rail transit projects. He was senior construction manager for the North-South Rail Project in Saudi Arabia. At Parametrix, he will provide construction management for transportation and community facility projects. The firm offers services in transportation, natural resources, community building, water solutions, and environmental engineering and science, with offices in the western U.S.

Elliott Bay Design Group

Reeves

John D. Reeves joined EBDG as a project manager/senior engineer in Seattle. Reeves is a naval architect and marine engineer with 22 years of experience leading teams and directing engineering, maintenance, safety and operations for the U.S. Coast Guard, where he attained the rank of captain. That includes engineering and operations at sea, being a port engineer and manager of industrial repair facilities, and maintaining vessels. EBDG provides naval architecture, marine engineering and production support services, with offices also in New Orleans and Ketchikan.

Davido Consulting Group

Schossow

Maunder

Jiang

Bennion

Davido Consulting Group hired Robert Bennion, Guenwen Jiang, Eric Maunder and Eric Schossow as engineers. Bennion has eight years of experience in civil and structural engineering with an emphasis on roadway, drainage, water distribution and sanitary sewer systems. Jiang worked on capital projects for Seattle Public Utilities. Maunder has done structural analysis and civil design work on house, multi-use and commercial projects in Seattle. Schossow has worked in multifamily, mixed-use and site development and has a background in project management. Bennion works on Whidbey Island. Jiang splits his time between that office and Lake Forest Park. Maunder and Schossow work in Lake Forest Park.

Seattle Foundation

Somberg

Myerson

Levinger

Social impact leader Janet Levinger, Microsoft executive vice president Terry Myerson and growth investor Debra Somberg have joined the board of trustees for Seattle Foundation. Seattle Foundation's board has 21 trustees. It facilitated more than $100 million in grants in 2014 and manages more than $850 million in charitable assets.

F5 Networks

F5 Networks hired John DiLullo to lead global sales and strategy in application security, service provider solutions and cloud applications. He will be based in F5's Seattle headquarters. He has over 25 years of experience in global business, sales, market and channel development, operations, and team management at Aruba Networks, Avaya Communications and Cisco Systems.